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  • 41corpus —   n. (pl. pora ) body, especially of written works on a certain subject; all of texts gathered for linguistic research.    ♦ corpus delicti, basic fact necessary to prove crime to have been committed; erroneously, body of murdered person.    ♦… …

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  • 42lost cause — n. a hopeless or worthless thing or person. □ The whole play began to wash out during the second act. It was a lost cause by the third. □ Bart is just a lost cause. Just forget about him …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 43chip — [chip] vt. chipped, chipping [ME chippen < OE * cippian < cipp, log, plowshare < L cippus, post, stake < IE base * k̑eipo , sharp post] 1. Rare to cut or chop with an ax or other sharp tool 2. a) to break or cut a small piece or thin… …

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  • 44bust — 1. n. 1 a the human chest, esp. that of a woman; the bosom. b the circumference of the body at bust level (a 36 inch bust). 2 a sculpture of a person s head, shoulders, and chest. Etymology: F buste f. It. busto, of unkn. orig. 2. v., n., & adj.… …

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  • 45scruff — 1. n. the back of the neck as used to grasp and lift or drag an animal or person by (esp. scruff of the neck). Etymology: alt. of scuff, perh. f. ON skoft hair 2. n. colloq. an untidy or scruffy person. Etymology: orig. = SCURF, later worthless… …

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  • 46shicer — n. Austral. 1 Mining an unproductive claim or mine. 2 sl. a a swindler, welsher, or cheat. b a worthless thing; a failure. Etymology: G Scheisser contemptible person …

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  • 47doomafloppy — Worthless, limpy piece of thing. That dead worm is nothing but a doomafloppy …

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  • 48doomafloppy — Worthless, limpy piece of thing. That dead worm is nothing but a doomafloppy …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 49List of The Real Hustle episodes — This is an episode list for The Real Hustle. All dates are the first broadcast on BBC Three in the United Kingdom. Contents 1 Series 1 2 Series 2 3 Series 3 4 Series 4 …

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  • 50Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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